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imaginative

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of imaginative

1 having the skill and imagination to create new things

  • an imaginative child who is always writing short stories about her pet cat
Synonyms of imaginative

clever, creative, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, inventive, original, originative, Promethean
Words Related to imaginative

gifted, inspired, talented

resourceful

fecund, fertile, fruitful, generative, germinal, productive, prolific
Near Antonyms of imaginative

imitative, uninspired

infertile, unproductive

talentless
Antonyms of imaginative

uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unoriginal

2 showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing

  • found an imaginative gadget that can grind the beans and heat the water to brew coffee
Synonyms of imaginative

artful, clever, creative, ingenious, innovative, inventive
Words Related to imaginative

adventurous, fresh, groundbreaking, novel, original, visionary

cleverish, gadgety, gimmicky

convenient, handy, neat, nifty, practical, useful

complex, sophisticated

adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), expert, handsome, tricky

brainy, intelligent, sharp, smart
Near Antonyms of imaginative

dull, pedantic, pedestrian, stodgy

assembly-line, canned, cookie-cutter, derivative, hackneyed, unoriginal

impractical, useless
Antonyms of imaginative

uncreative, unimaginative

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